How to Make a Horror Movie
Horror movies are a universe unto themselves when it comes to making movies. There’s a segment of the general audience that just loves to be scared by a movie! Additionally, horror movies are a tried and...
Horror movies are a universe unto themselves when it comes to making movies. There’s a segment of the general audience that just loves to be scared by a movie! Additionally, horror movies are a tried and...
So, you’re a director or filmmaker about to embark on making your first film. You’ve got a good working script and you have broken things down into a shot list. That means you are...
The shot list is a pre-production step that falls in between the script breakdown/storyboards and the actual shoot. It is a full list of all the shots you want to include in each scene...
This is not meant to be a glossary of all of the common film terms. For that, check out our glossary here. As for their etymology, some of them are tied to the early...
It seems obvious that in order to create three-point lighting you would need three lights, but actually you don’t. Before we discuss how to create three-point lighting with less than three lights, let’s discuss...
Of all the different jobs, positions, titles one can hold in the world of movie-making, none may be as key as a screenwriter. After all, with no screenplay or script, producers, directors, cast, and...
“To make a good film, you just need three things: the script, the script, and the script.” -Alfred Hitchcock Scripts or screenplays are where all movies begin—without a script there is no film. Yet,...
Much has been written on the various jobs and positions involved in film production and the creative skills required by them. Here’s a practical guide, with an emphasis on the underlying and sometimes harsh...
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” -Jean-Luc Godard How to write a good movie script? A movie script consists of three things: The...
It’s a can’t-miss story! A young boy is kidnapped by aliens just as his mom is dying. Brought up as a space pirate by the very aliens who took him, he befriends the daughter...